COUNTRYFILE viewers were unimpressed during tonight’s instalment of the BBC one documentary series after witnessing Matt Baker’s segment that featured a questionable method of trying to save the bees.

Tonight’s Countryfile opened with popular BBC presenter Matt Baker revealing he was headed to the Henfaes research institute at Bangor University in North Wales to talk to Doctor Paul Cross and engineering student Jake Shearwood about their new invention.

Explaining the duo had developed pioneering technology in the bee community, Matt said their creation consisted of a tiny backpack with transmitters attached to individual bumblebees.

The scientists admitted it was the first week they’d ever test run the experiment, and had taken advice from others in the same field about how to attach the backpack to the insects.

Following “five minutes to chill” in the fridge, the bees were removed and “superglued” with the tiny device.

BBC Countryfile: Matt Baker found out about two scientists' new bee device (Image: BBC)

It's literally larger than the f*****g bee

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Viewers continued to share their fears for the bees, as one person exclaimed: “OMG! That #Bumblebee transmitter is humongous. ‘Size of a Raindrop’ my a**e #Countryfile.”

“#countryfile Just because you can glue a radio transmitter to a bee, it doesn’t mean you should,” another declared.

A third posted: “Poor little bee that thing is huge! What if he catches it on something and gets stuck? Or gets rejected by the other bees because of it? #countryfile.”

Some fans tried to reason what was unfolding in front of them though, as one person tweeted: “I guess these people know what they're doing but that seems a huge thing to be supergluing to the back of a bee, relative to the bee's size. #countryfile.”

Meanwhile, Jake continued: “When the bee flaps its wings it generates vibrations in its back.